Organist Ronald Stalford will present a recital at Hope College on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

The program will feature music by Leo Sowerby(1895-1968) and Francis Jackson (1917-).

The public is invited. Admission is free.

Stalford is recently retired as organist andchoirmaster of All Saints Church in Worcester, Mass., wheresince 1979 he had directed the Choir of Men and Boys, andthe Saint Cecilia Choir of Girls. Founded in 1868 and 1878respectively, according to Stalford the choirs are believedto be the oldest choirs in continual service in the UnitedStates.

Stalford is a Fellow of the Washington CathedralCollege of Church Musicians, where his teachers were PaulCallaway, Preston Rockholt and the founding director,American composer Leo Sowerby. Stalford is well known forhis association with Sowerby and his music, and is vicepresident of the Leo Sowerby Foundation. His other mentorsand teachers include Dr. Francis Jackson (York Minster,England) and Dr. Alexander McCurdy (Westminster ChoirCollege, Princeton, N.J.).

Works by Sowerby on the program include "A WeddingProcessional, H. 308," "Carillon, H. 134," "Requiescat inPace, H. 159" and "Pageant of Autumn, H. 234." Selectionsby Jackson include "Fanfare," "Impromptu for Sir EdwardBairstow on his 70th birthday, 1944" and "Procession(1955)."